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Made this one today... these are display case light bulbs you can get at Lowes or Home Depot. I think it will look great with my mad scientist setup... it was very easy to make, and i think the hardest part was finding a good enough pre-made box at the craft store for it. Drilling the holes and adding the dimmer were all easy.

Here is where I found the tutorial for this, so i'll pass it along in case anyone else who's interested... Mad Scientists Light

oh that is very cool , good job , thanks for sharing your link will add it to my favorites since i do the mad lab again this year , great prop idea .

Ah that looks really nice. You did a great job!

Thanks AWFC and Tish!

That's great!!!

drsprite , are you doing a lab theme or display ? would love to see your other props for that and the final display pictures

awfc, yeah I'm thinking about it. I'm doing a little haunted garage/cemetary. so in the garage i'll have a little mad lab setup, and some other little spooky things here and there.

I've got a brain in the jar (sort of like yours except i can't get mine to be waterproof where i drilled the holes!), these lights here, and i'm working on a jacob's ladder now too. I have some beakers with highlighter fluid in them too, so they'll glow with the black light.

What a great idea!

Originally Posted by drsprite

awfc, yeah I'm thinking about it. I'm doing a little haunted garage/cemetary. so in the garage i'll have a little mad lab setup, and some other little spooky things here and there.

I've got a brain in the jar (sort of like yours except i can't get mine to be waterproof where i drilled the holes!), these lights here, and i'm working on a jacob's ladder now too. I have some beakers with highlighter fluid in them too, so they'll glow with the black light.

waterproof it with sillicone thats what i did for the hole at the bottom of mine and i used submersible aquarium leds on that prop too

Originally Posted by a witch from canada

waterproof it with sillicone thats what i did for the hole at the bottom of mine and i used submersible aquarium leds on that prop too

I've got the submersible lights too (ebay )... and i'm using silicone, but everytime i apply another layer, i keep getting 1 or 2 holes that drip. i guess i just have to keep trying until i finally seal it up.